Swinging and tilting blinds.



if: EVL- J. FRY.

'BWINGING AND TILTI LINDS.

APPLICATION IILBD ,1910.

' 1,004,563. 7 Patentd 001;.3, 1911.

8 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

John Fr J. FRY.

SWINGING AND TILTI NG BLINDS.

APPLICATION FILED P3118, 1010.

1,004,563, Patented 0013.3,1911.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

JOHN FRY, 0F RIDGEFIELD, CONNECTICUT.

SWINGING AND TILTING BLINDS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed February 18, 1910. Serial No. 544,529.

Patented Oct. 3, 1911.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, J OI-IN FRY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Ridgefield, in the county of Fairfield and State ofConnecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inSwinging and Tilting Blinds, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to windows, and more particularly to windowblinds, and has for its object to provide a window blind mounting, whichwill be such that the blinds may be swung horizontally upon verticalhinges, in the usual manner, or shift-ed h ily at their lower portionstoward and away from the window to lie at times in closed position andat'times to extend downwardly and outwardly in the form of an awning.

Another object is to provide a mounting of this kind which will besimple in structure and arrangement, and which will be such that it maybe easily and quickly placed in position in any window.

Another object is to produce a structure in which certain portions willperform double functions.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent from the followingdescription, and it will be understood that changes in the specificstructure shown and described may be made within the scope of the claimswithout departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the drawings forming a part of this specification, and in which likenumerals of reference indicate similar parts in the several views,Figure 1 is a view of a window provided with the present. invention, theblinds being opened upon their vertical hinges, Fig. 2 is a similarView, the blinds being swung outwardly upon their horizontal hinges,Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the window with the frame in its normalposition, Fig. 4 is an edge view of the frame swung outwardly, Fig. 5 isa detail view showing the latching devices.

Referring now to the drawings, there is shown a window 5 including asill 6, and parallel vertical side members 7 and 8 respectively.

The present blind mounting consists of a metallic frame 9 which includesa horizontal bottom member 10 and vertically extending parallel sidemembers 11. This frame is arranged for disposal of the bottom member 10upon the sill 6 and the side members 11 against the uprights 7 and 8.Attaching plates 12 are pivoted against the outer faces of the sidemembers 11 at their upper ends, and these attaching plates are, in use,screwed to the uprights 7 and 8, the pivoting of the plates to the framebeing such that the bottom part of the frame may be shifted horizontallyin an are upon the pivot point. Each side member 11 carries a pair ofvertically spaced outwardly extending vertical hinge members 13 andmounted upon these hinge members are blinds 1 1 of the usual type. Theblinds may thus be moved upon the hinge members into and out of positionto fill the inclosure of the frame 9.

Blocks 15 are secured to the sides of the window frame below theattaching plates 12, and have pivoted thereto the inner ends of jointedrods 16 which are pivoted at their outer ends to the vertical members 11of the frame. The rods each include two members A and B, which foldupwardly at their mutually adjacent ends when the frame 9 is broughtinto vertical position. The pivotal connection of the inner ends ofthese two members A and B isaccomplished through the medium of a stem 17engaged therethrough and carried by a knob 18. The two knobs 18 extendinwardly, as will be seen, and when it is desired to shift the lowerends of the blinds outwardly, it is only necessary to grasp the knobs 18and draw them downwardly, when the rods 16 will be extended to hold thelower portion of the frame and therewith the blinds extended.

The usual sill board 19 of the, window frame lies above the sill 6 andcarries a pair of projections 20 which receive thereover a pair of latchfingers 21 carried by the bottom member 10 of the frame and havingopenings 21 therein to receive the projections 20. The inner ends ofthese fingers 21 are bent upwardly as shown at 22 and form catches toreceive the usual hooks 23 carried by the blind. The fingers 21 thusperform a double function, coacting with the projections 20 to hold theframe 9 against outward movement and also coacting with the hooks 23 tohold the blinds against movement upon their vertical hinges.

A supplemental latch finger 24 is carried by the bottom member 10 of theframe 9 at its center, and is arranged to be engaged in a locking device25 carried by the sill board 19, by means of which the frame 9 may bepositively locked against outward movement.

What is claimed is:

1. The Combination with a window frame, of attaching plates secured atopposite points to the sides of the frame, a metallic frame includingvertical side members and a connecting horizontal bottom member pivotedat the upper ends of the side members to the attaching plates formovement of the bottom member into and out of position to lie upon thesill of the window frame, hinge members carried by the side members ofthe metallic frame, blinds mounted upon the hinge members for movementto swing into and out of position to lie within the metallic frame,coacting members upon the blinds and metallic frame to hold the blindsclosed in the frame, projections upon the window frame, the saidcoacting members of the metallic frame being arranged for engagementwith the projections to hold the metallic frame against swingingmovement, and means for holding the metallic frame at times in outwardlyswung position.

2. The combination with a window frame including vertical side membersand a hori zontal sill, of vertical members pivoted at their upper endsto the side members of the frame for swinging movement of their lowerends to lie at times within the frame and at times to extend diagonallyoutwardly thereof, a connecting member at the ends of the swingingmembers, means for holding the swinging members in outwardly extendedposition, blinds hinged to the swinging members for movement to lie attimes oted to the base of the shutters to engage the locking members ofthe supplemental frame to secure the shutters in closed position.

4. The combination with a window casing,

of a supplemental frame pivotally secured= to the casing, a spring platesecured to the bottom part of the supplemental frame and having a recessformed in its under side and an upwardly projecting lug on its innerend, upwardly projecting abutments formed 1:

on the frame to be engaged in the recesses in the said spring plates,shutters hingedly mounted in the supplemental frame, and pivoted hookssecured to the shutters and adapted to engage the lugs on the plates tosecure the shutters in closed position.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN FRY.

WVitnesses:

MATTIE F. HOYT, Gno. G. Soo'rr.

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